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Businesses frustrated by slow vaccine roll out are starting to see hope

Businesses frustrated by slow vaccine roll out are starting to see hope March 17, 2021 3:23 pm Cars line up at a Lehigh Valley Health Network COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Dorney Park in South Whitehall Township. The health network planned to vaccinate 4,000 people on March 11. PHOTO/LVHN There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel with the COVID-19 pandemic as vaccine rates begin to pick up in Pennsylvania. Still, many are frustrated with the slow pace up until this point – especially in getting vaccines to those working with the public who aren’t health care workers or teachers in group 1a of the state’s vaccine roll out.

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St. Luke's celebrates 100K COVID vaccinations, as snow derails shipments to Lehigh Valley

St. Luke’s celebrates 100K COVID vaccinations, as snow derails shipments to Lehigh Valley Updated Feb 19, 2021; Posted Feb 19, 2021 Dr. Kara Mascitti, a St. Luke s University Health Network infectious disease physician and network medical director for healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention, announces Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, the 100,000th vaccination dose administered in the fight against COVID-19, during a news conference at the Anderson Campus hospital in Bethlehem Township, as U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, D-PA-07, looks on.Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com Facebook Share A steady stream of people eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine streamed through the doors of St. Luke’s Hospital in Bethlehem Township on Friday, as a celebration was underway to mark a milestone.

COVID vaccine in the Lehigh Valley: Limited supply, patient dishonesty and other challenges

COVID vaccine in the Lehigh Valley: Limited supply, patient dishonesty and other challenges Updated Jan 23, 2021; Posted Jan 23, 2021 Dr. Jeffrey Jahre, St. Luke s University Health Network senior vice president of medical and academic affairs and section chief emeritus of infectious diseases, becomes one of the network s first employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, at St. Luke s University Hospital in Fountain Hill. In a conference call with reporters, Jahre recently explained some of the challenges and solutions St. Luke s has found in the vaccine rollout.Courtesy photo | For lehighvalleylive.com Facebook Share There are 3.5 million people in Pennsylvania now eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But health systems don’t have enough to treat everyone in that group. At least not yet.

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